About Booyal Bunyip Entrepreneurs

Booyal Central State School is situated amongst the cane fields of Booyal, roughly 70 km from Bundaberg in Queensland. Academically, behaviourally and socially Booyal Central has developed an excellent reputation as a vibrant and innovative multi-age school. Students, staff and parents are incredibly proud of our little school.

Every day when the 23 Prep to Year 6 children walk through the gates they promise to do their ‘Booyal Best … and nothing less.’ ‘Booyal Best’ means continually striving for the highest standards in learning and behaviour, demonstrating a positive ‘can-do’ attitude, caring for each other, contributing positively to the wider world and thinking ‘outside the square,’ whilst having a healthy dose of fun along the way.

In 2015 we started an exciting entrepreneurial program which allows students in Years 3 - 6 (who call themselves the Booyal Bunyips) to transfer their classroom knowledge into engaging, real life situations. This is an enjoyable, yet challenging, opportunity for all students to grow in skills and confidence. Richard Branson encourages fellow entrepreneurs to ‘work with what you’ve got’ in order to create a business that solves a problem. Booyalians certainly have a wonderful sense of humour so it seemed inevitable that the joke DVD idea was created!

The ‘Kidding About For Drought’ project stated as a result of Principal Dawn Dolinski’s association with graziers in Western Queensland. The process of producing the DVD has been both challenging and immensely satisfying for the Bunyips. We are very proud of the result and hope that you will enjoy it as well. Together we can help our farming friends in their time of need as they contend with the effects of a devastating, long-term drought.